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RURAL HORSESHOE INITIATIVE

EDUCATIONAL FUTURES FOR RURAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

In parts of Virginia, teenagers face the future with a sense of possibility,
but there is another Virginia where the picture is far bleaker.
Here, in Virginia’s “rural horseshoe,” high school too often marks the end of the educational line.
The result is a lifetime of reduced opportunities that ripple across generations.
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